EAST BAY / 2 jump in front of BART trains; one dies

Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Two people jumped in front of BART trains Tuesday afternoon in separate incidents, BART officials said.

A man in his 40s died after jumping in front of a Richmond-bound train at the Union City station at 1:25 p.m., and a woman jumped in front of a Daly City-bound train at the West Oakland station around 3 p.m., said BART spokesman Linton Johnson.

The woman had only minor injuries, Johnson said. She was taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. The woman had left a suicide note near where she jumped, he said.